Dera Headquarters

Dera Sacha Sauda follower Pardeep Singh, 37, who was an accused in a 2015 sacrilege case, was shot dead on November 10 at his dairy shop in Kotkapura

Around 300-400 followers of Dera Sacha Sauda had over the years scattered ashes of their relatives after their cremation inside the sect headquarters as part of "rituals", a senior Dera functionary has told a Special Investigation Team of Haryana Police.

Police have arrested the IT head of the controversial Dera Sacha Sauda, whose chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh is undergoing 20 years imprisonment in two rape cases, for allegedly tampering with computers at the sect's headquarters ahead of a search by the authorities.

Over the past three days, raids on the headquarters of Dera Sacha Sauda, the base of self-styled godman Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, have underscored his extravagant lifestyle - buildings shaped like the Seven Wonders, luxury interiors and a fleet of heavily modified cars.

No proper record of dead bodies being sent from the hospital running inside the Dera Sacha Sauda headquarters was maintained while a skin bank was running without license, a senior official said as the mammoth "sanitisation" exercise of the complex was completed on Sunday.

An illegal explosive factory and two secret tunnels - one leading from Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh's residence to a women's hostel - have been found inside the jailed self-styled guru's sprawling Dera campus in Haryana's Sirsa on the second day of a court-ordered search being carried out by security forces and district authorities. 85 cartons of explos...

As the Dera Sacha Sauda's headquarters in Haryana's Sirsa were searched over a week after the sect's leader Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh was jailed for rape, plastic money used by the self-claimed spiritual guru's followers was discovered.

Mobile Internet services have been suspended with immediate effect in Sirsa district to prevent any disturbance of public order and to curb spread of rumours in view of the "sanitisation" exercise being carried out at the Dera Sacha Sauda headquarters.

The nerve-centre of Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh's sprawling empire in Haryana's Sirsa is being searched today by a team of state officials and hundreds of paramilitary personnel. Over 400 bomb squads, commandos and fire trucks are on stand-by for the operation at the Dera Sacha Sauda sect's main base covering around 800 acres.

Authorities and security agencies have started a search and sanitisation operation inside the sprawling Dera Sacha Sauda headquarters campus near Sirsa town in Haryana.

Hours before authorities and security agencies are likely to start a search and sanitisation operation inside the sprawling Dera Sacha Sauda headquarters campus near Sirsa town in Haryana, the sect's mouthpiece "Sach Kahoon" on Thursday admitted that human remains were buried inside the premises.

A 7-star hotel and resort complete with a "Skybar", replicas of Eiffel Tower, Taj Mahal and Disney Palace, a cinema hall, shopping complex, food court, an "International School and hostel, hospital, ayurvedic pharmacy and guards at key locations - Dera Sacha Sauda's headquarters in Haryana, on the outskirts of Sirsa, presents a staggering picture o...

The Punjab and Haryana High Court today appointed a retired sessions judge as the court commissioner to oversee the "sanitisation" process of Dera Sacha Sauda sect's headquarters at Sira

The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Tuesday gave its go-ahead to the Haryana government to sanitise Dera Sacha Sauda headquarters near Sirsa town in the state and appointed a Court Commissioner to oversee the process.

Weapons, including double barrel and single barrel guns and pistols, have been deposited by followers of Sirsa headquartered Dera Sacha Sauda, the Haryana Police said today.

Dera Sacha Sauda follower Pardeep Singh, 37, who was an accused in a 2015 sacrilege case, was shot dead on November 10 at his dairy shop in Kotkapura

Around 300-400 followers of Dera Sacha Sauda had over the years scattered ashes of their relatives after their cremation inside the sect headquarters as part of "rituals", a senior Dera functionary has told a Special Investigation Team of Haryana Police.

Police have arrested the IT head of the controversial Dera Sacha Sauda, whose chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh is undergoing 20 years imprisonment in two rape cases, for allegedly tampering with computers at the sect's headquarters ahead of a search by the authorities.

Over the past three days, raids on the headquarters of Dera Sacha Sauda, the base of self-styled godman Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, have underscored his extravagant lifestyle - buildings shaped like the Seven Wonders, luxury interiors and a fleet of heavily modified cars.

No proper record of dead bodies being sent from the hospital running inside the Dera Sacha Sauda headquarters was maintained while a skin bank was running without license, a senior official said as the mammoth "sanitisation" exercise of the complex was completed on Sunday.

An illegal explosive factory and two secret tunnels - one leading from Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh's residence to a women's hostel - have been found inside the jailed self-styled guru's sprawling Dera campus in Haryana's Sirsa on the second day of a court-ordered search being carried out by security forces and district authorities. 85 cartons of explos...

As the Dera Sacha Sauda's headquarters in Haryana's Sirsa were searched over a week after the sect's leader Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh was jailed for rape, plastic money used by the self-claimed spiritual guru's followers was discovered.

Mobile Internet services have been suspended with immediate effect in Sirsa district to prevent any disturbance of public order and to curb spread of rumours in view of the "sanitisation" exercise being carried out at the Dera Sacha Sauda headquarters.

The nerve-centre of Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh's sprawling empire in Haryana's Sirsa is being searched today by a team of state officials and hundreds of paramilitary personnel. Over 400 bomb squads, commandos and fire trucks are on stand-by for the operation at the Dera Sacha Sauda sect's main base covering around 800 acres.

Authorities and security agencies have started a search and sanitisation operation inside the sprawling Dera Sacha Sauda headquarters campus near Sirsa town in Haryana.

Hours before authorities and security agencies are likely to start a search and sanitisation operation inside the sprawling Dera Sacha Sauda headquarters campus near Sirsa town in Haryana, the sect's mouthpiece "Sach Kahoon" on Thursday admitted that human remains were buried inside the premises.

A 7-star hotel and resort complete with a "Skybar", replicas of Eiffel Tower, Taj Mahal and Disney Palace, a cinema hall, shopping complex, food court, an "International School and hostel, hospital, ayurvedic pharmacy and guards at key locations - Dera Sacha Sauda's headquarters in Haryana, on the outskirts of Sirsa, presents a staggering picture o...

The Punjab and Haryana High Court today appointed a retired sessions judge as the court commissioner to oversee the "sanitisation" process of Dera Sacha Sauda sect's headquarters at Sira

The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Tuesday gave its go-ahead to the Haryana government to sanitise Dera Sacha Sauda headquarters near Sirsa town in the state and appointed a Court Commissioner to oversee the process.

Weapons, including double barrel and single barrel guns and pistols, have been deposited by followers of Sirsa headquartered Dera Sacha Sauda, the Haryana Police said today.